Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Texas
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bay City, TX area
How the Bay City, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #316 of 536 scored small-town markets
#12 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 30
- 10 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,711 a household
- Spending per listing
- $881K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.4
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,463
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,711 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Bay City area spend about $26.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $881K per business, in line with the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Bay City area has 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 19.4 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Bay City area in 2023. That is one for every 1,404 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bay City area grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bay City area is 45 (lower middle), #316 of 536 scored small-town markets and #12 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Bay City area compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Bay City area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.4 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $881K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,404 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,711 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $58,628 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $928K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3010 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Bay City area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Bay City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,463+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 15,439
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,093 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $58,628+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,037
- Median home value
- $172,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,447
- Daytime population
- 29,261Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Bay City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacksonville, TX | 75 | 26 | 14.3 | $1.2M | +5.4% | #68 of 536 |
| 2Bonham, TX | 72 | 24 | 18.8 | $990K | +9.2% | #86 of 536 |
| 3Granbury, TX | 68 | 55 | 21.5 | $933K | +13.6% | #114 of 536 |
| 4Athens, TX | 64 | 61 | 18.2 | $964K | +7.5% | #147 of 536 |
| 5Gainesville, TX | 63 | 37 | 22.4 | $859K | +6.5% | #156 of 536 |
| 6Corsicana, TX | 61 | 35 | 18.4 | $942K | +8.2% | #174 of 536 |
| 7Mineral Wells, TX | 59 | 29 | 25.8 | $673K | +8.2% | #198 of 536 |
| 8Andrews, TX | 55 | 17 | 24.8 | $772K | +1.6% | #233 of 536 |
| 9Huntsville, TX | 52 | 50 | 19.2 | $827K | +9.5% | #253 of 536 |
| 10El Campo, TX | 50 | 37 | 23.3 | $782K | +1.2% | #270 of 536 |
| 12Bay City, TX | 45 | 30 | 19.4 | $881K | +0.5% | #316 of 536 |
Other business types in the Bay City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry45
- Clothing and shoe stores56
- Laundromats21
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Bay City, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bay City area. 10 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bay City, TX area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $26.4M a year, or $1,711 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $881K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,439 households in the Bay City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bay City, TX area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Bay City area has 19.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $881K, in line with the U.S. figure of $880K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,404 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bay City, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Bay City area at 36,463 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,439 households. The median household income in the Bay City area is $58,628 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Bay City area scores 45 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #316 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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